Adventure Magazine, December 10, 1924

Adventure Magazine, December 20, 1924 This issue contains three complete novelettes and several shorter adventure stories. "The Blond Spiders" by Charles Beadle opens the issue, followed by "Piracy in the Pacific" on the theme of Captain Kidd's rivals. Gordon MacCreagh contributes "The Trail Smellers," set in Colombia, where characters pursue a pistol worth significant value. W. C. Tuttle's "Cinders" features a Western protagonist named "Slim" Steele. H. C. Bailey's "Under the Fleur-de-Lis" is set in Old Italy, depicting a character named Silvain remaining loyal to his king despite social scorn. John L. Considine's "The Booted Ghosts of Gunmen" explores how the old "Chiefs" faced death in the West. Frederick Moore's "The Pirates of Andrus Island" is a South Seas adventure concluding with the discovery of a coast guard cutter. The issue includes verse by Will Chamberlain titled "The Pony Express of the Sky," plus a reader forum called "The Camp-Fire."